Buchanan Interviews Donald Trump on CNN’s Crossfire 1987

Guest Post by Pat Buchanan

Buchanan Interviews Donald Trump on CNN’s Crossfire 1987

CNN Crossfire Transcript – December 23, 1987

Note: The following is an uncorrected transcript.

Announcer
Tonight, from Washington, Crossfire, the ego that built Manhattan. On the left Tom Braden, on the right Pat Buchanan. In the Crossfire in New York, Donald Trump.

Pat Buchanan
Good evening and welcome to Crossfire. He is 41 years old, something near a billionaire in the famous builder of New York, Trump Park and Trump Towers. He’s friends say he is vainglorious, hard-working, brilliant and brash.

Pat Buchanan
Hiss enemies describing him as abrasive, arrogant and overrated. The Mayor of New York, Ed Koch your frequent guest. Right here on the Crossfire calls him piggy. He in turn calls the mayor a moron and a bully. He is here to talk about himself, his accomplishments in his new book “The Art of The Deal”. So Mr. Braden, let’s get on with Donald Trump in the Crossfire.

Tom Braden
All right, Mr. TRUMP at age 41 you’re a billionaire. What are going to do next?

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